27. July 2021

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Marines with 7th Marine Regiment hold a ceremony for the regiment’s 99th anniversary aboard Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 14, 2016. (U.S. Marines photo.)

What can be done about the persistently high rate of sexual assault in the military, and is reforming the military justice system the way to stamp it out? It is a problem that has bedeviled the defense establishment for years. Soon after taking office, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin sponsored the most recent initiative and appointed the so-called Independent Review Committee (IRC) to assess what reforms should be made. The IRC’s mandate was to develop recommendations along what it described as four “Lines of Effort”: accountability, prevention, climate and culture, and victim care and support. 

Last month, the IRC completed its work and issued a

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